a. The evolution of steelmaking technology
b. The development of the internal combustion engine
c. Achievements in the field of industrial chemistry
d. Anglo-Germanic industrial rivalry, 1870-1914
e. The Boer War

Study in detail the history of the British East India Company in both India and China.

Compare American objectives and methods in pursuit of overseas interests with those of
England, France, or Portugal. Note both similarities and differences (if you see any).

Explore further the paradox of democratic countries (England, the United States) engaging in
undemocratic imperial enterprises. How did democratic countries justify imperialism?

Read William Leach's Land of Desire. What argument does Leach make regarding the
promotion of consumption in the United States beginning in the late nineteenth century? What
forces drove the increase in consumption, and whose interests did it serve? Do you accept
Leach's argument?